EnumerationIterator Javadoc/*
* Converts an enumeration to an iterator.
* Copyright (C) 2004-2010 Stephen Ostermiller
* http://ostermiller.org/contact.pl?regarding=Java+Utilities
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* See LICENSE.txt for details.
*/
package com.Ostermiller.util;
import java.util.*;
/**
* Converts an Enumeration to an iterator.
* <p>
* More information about this class is available from <a target="_top" href=
* "http://ostermiller.org/utils/Iterator_Enumeration.html">ostermiller.org</a>.
*
* @author Stephen Ostermiller http://ostermiller.org/contact.pl?regarding=Java+Utilities
* @param <ElementType> type of object over which to iterate
* @since ostermillerutils 1.03.00
*/
public class EnumerationIterator<ElementType> implements Iterator<ElementType> {
/**
* Enumeration being converted to iterator.
*/
private Enumeration<ElementType> enumeration;
/**
* Create an Iterator from an Enumeration.
*
* @param enumeration Enumeration to convert to an Iterator.
*
* @since ostermillerutils 1.03.00
*/
public EnumerationIterator(Enumeration<ElementType> enumeration){
this.enumeration = enumeration;
}
/**
* Tests if this Iterator contains more elements.
*
* @return true if and only if this Iterator object contains at least
* one more element to provide; false otherwise.
*
* @since ostermillerutils 1.03.00
*/
public boolean hasNext(){
return enumeration.hasMoreElements();
}
/**
* Returns the next element of this Iterator if this Iterator
* object has at least one more element to provide.
*
* @return the next element of this Iterator.
* @throws NoSuchElementException if no more elements exist.
*
* @since ostermillerutils 1.03.00
*/
public ElementType next() throws NoSuchElementException {
return enumeration.nextElement();
}
/**
* Operation not supported.
*
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException every time.
*
* @since ostermillerutils 1.03.00
*/
public void remove(){
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("EnumerationIterator does not support remove()");
}
}